In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woolton Hill like this:
WOOLTON-HILL, a chapelry in East Woodhay parish, Hants; 4 miles SW of Newbury r. station. It was constituted in 1850; and it has a post-office under Newbury. Pop, 821. Houses, 193. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100. Patron, the Rector of East Woodhay.
Woolton Hill through time
Woolton Hill is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basingstoke and Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woolton Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolton Hill, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23317
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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